medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In a word, prolepsis (in the sense of "the describing of an event as
taking place before it could have, the treating of a future event as if
it had already happened").
Best again,
John Dillon
On Thursday, March 10, 2005, at 8:22 am, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> It's a bit of a puzzle since, if they haven't eaten yet, why are
> they
> (clearly) conscious of their nakedness? This seems to be a before-
> and-after
> Fall composite.
> Thanks,
> MG
>
> >From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religious
> > culture <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: [M-R] "Original Sin"
> >Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 02:22:51 -0600
> >
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture>
> >Here again is the somewhat smaller image from the mondes-normands
> site:>http://tinyurl.com/538o3
> >I read the relief as showing Adam pointing to his mouth with his
> index>finger while the other fingers on his right hand are curled
> back.>Neither Adam nor Eve seems open-mouthed in this composition.
> And Adam
> >is definitely not eating. As the fruit held by Eve appears to be
> >intact, I would say that Adam is not _yet_ eating. Does his hand
> >gesture indicate intent? I'm not learned enough in these matters
> to say
> >yea or nay to that.
> >
> >Best again,
> >John Dillon
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >On Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at 10:14 pm, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> >
> > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> > > culture
> > > RE: http://www.basilicata.cc/lucania/rapolla/09chM1/page5.htm
> > > What a shame the !@#$% scaffolding is hiding Adam's mouth. Can you
> > > tell,from other pictures of this image or personal experience, if
> > > he's eating or
> > > covering his mouth? I've found several images of the First Couple
> > > in which
> > > one or both are covering their mouths, indicating, I suppose, the
> > > "new"necessity of speech and the problem of communicating their
> > > ideas clearly. At
> > > least, that's the way I interpreted the action.
> > > Open to suggestions,
> > > MG
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